Exhibition at Bolton Museum

Christmas Eve Shopping

Bonfire Night display at Leverhulme Park

Music played by Bolton FM's live DJ included:

'Saturday Night' by Whigfield
'Fix You' by Coldplay
'The Greatest Day' by Take That
'Angels' by Robbie Williams

 

"Although full of Nazi propaganda they were very decent fellows..."

Dear Sir,

May I first excuse myself for the late arrival of this letter, as I have very little to write about. The holidays have not been very eventful, the only "high spot" being the fortnight spent at the Anglo-German Camp at Llanddulas, near Abergele. The camping ground was well-situated, climbing and sea bathing both being near. Here we became acquainted with nine members of the Hitler Youth party. Although full of Nazi propaganda they were very decent fellows and were the cause of many long discussions. We quickly became the best of friends and went climbing, bathing and visiting Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, etc. together. The end of camp came much too soon and we left with both parties looking forward to the Christmas camp in Bavaria. The rest of my holiday has been spent in Bolton and my time has been spent in playing cricket, football, tennis and ping-pong. The latter part of it has been rather dismal, as my two friends; Leman and Schofield have both taken the "big leap" and started work and I shall not be too sorry when Friday morning arrives,

Yours Sincerely,

K. Coates

From the Mass Observation Worktown Holiday Competition 1937

 

 

A favourite....

 
Copyright Humphrey Spender/Bolton MBC. Collection of Bolton Museum Libraries and Archives Service

The Worktown archive of Humphrey Spender's photographs consists of roughly 850 exposures. Shooting digital a photographer might easily shoot this quantity or more in a day, which of course leaves you with far more photos than are ever be needed. Even Spender's modest 850 is difficult to make sense of at first, like meeting a large group of people- some have more recognisable faces (or hair) than others, and so they become immediate favourites.